contundo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ tundō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈtʊn.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈtun.do]

Verb

contundō (present infinitive contundere, perfect active contudī, supine contūsum); third conjugation

1. to beat or pound to a pulp
2. to bruise, make sore
3. to utterly subdue

Conjugation

• The variant fourth principal part contūnsum is found in Pliny.

   Conjugation of contundō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	contundō		contundis		contundit		contundimus		contunditis		contundunt
	imperfect	contundēbam		contundēbās		contundēbat		contundēbāmus		contundēbātis		contundēbant
	future	contundam		contundēs		contundet		contundēmus		contundētis		contundent
	perfect	contudī		contudistī		contudit		contudimus		contudistis		contudērunt, contudēre
	pluperfect	contuderam		contuderās		contuderat		contuderāmus		contuderātis		contuderant
	future perfect	contuderō		contuderis		contuderit		contuderimus		contuderitis		contuderint
passive	present	contundor		contunderis, contundere		contunditur		contundimur		contundiminī		contunduntur
	imperfect	contundēbar		contundēbāris, contundēbāre		contundēbātur		contundēbāmur		contundēbāminī		contundēbantur
	future	contundar		contundēris, contundēre		contundētur		contundēmur		contundēminī		contundentur
	perfect	contūsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	contundam		contundās		contundat		contundāmus		contundātis		contundant
	imperfect	contunderem		contunderēs		contunderet		contunderēmus		contunderētis		contunderent
	perfect	contuderim		contuderīs		contuderit		contuderīmus		contuderītis		contuderint
	pluperfect	contudissem		contudissēs		contudisset		contudissēmus		contudissētis		contudissent
passive	present	contundar		contundāris, contundāre		contundātur		contundāmur		contundāminī		contundantur
	imperfect	contunderer		contunderēris, contunderēre		contunderētur		contunderēmur		contunderēminī		contunderentur
	perfect	contūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		contunde		—		—		contundite		—
	future	—		contunditō		contunditō		—		contunditōte		contunduntō
passive	present	—		contundere		—		—		contundiminī		—
	future	—		contunditor		contunditor		—		—		contunduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		contundere			contundī			contundēns			—
future		contūsūrum esse			contūsum īrī			contūsūrus			contundendus, contundundus
perfect		contudisse			contūsum esse			—			contūsus
future perfect		—			contūsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		contūsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		contundendī		contundendō		contundendum		contundendō		contūsum		contūsū

Derived terms

• contūsiō

Descendants

• French: contondre
• Italian: contundere
• Portuguese: contundir
• Spanish: contundir

References

“contundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• “contundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “contundo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

contundo

1. first-person singular present indicative of contundir